Browse Items (8921 total)

Woman setting the hands of an antique grandfather clock.
Setting the grandfather clock...the Dodge House's most recent acquisition, is tour guide Ethel Stillinger. The 150-year-old cherrywood stands in the back parlor as a memorial to Mrs. Darlene Cutler, Mrs. Cutler was a longtime supporter of the…

Admiring . . . an antique lithoplane lamp is Jack Drew of Omaha. The lamp is a new addition to the Historic General Dodge House. Memorial funds were used to purchase the lamp in honor of Drew's brother, Louis, a long-time contributor to the Dodge…

Man holding an antique lithoplane lamp.
Admiring...an antique lithoplane lamp is Jack Drew of Omaha. The lamp is a new addition to the Historic General Dodge House. Memorial funds were used to purchase the lamp in honor of Drew's brother, Louis, a long-time contributor to the Dodge House…

Victorian house exterior from corner of front of house.
The Dodge House looking southeast, from 3rd Street

Man sitting behind a drill press.
Man sitting behind drill press

Dodge House Historic Gen. Dodge House
605 3rd St.
File #3 1/1/81
Directors 5/1/84 Joan Flinspach
1987 Cathy White

An Original . . . with the Dodge House is the ornate lamp mounted on the newel post of the winding staircase. Penny Chatfield, Dodge House curator, looks at the lamp with etched shade and double tier majolica base.

In Daughter's Bedroom . . . is another fine example of Victorian art. The hanging gas light with Vaseline shades on the six arms plus opalescent glass balls worked into the main part of the light.

Nursery Fixture . . . is unusual in that a large bisque cherub tops the ornate brass fixture entwined with metal leaves, the shades are made like petals in glass.

Nursery Fixture...is unusual in that a large bisque cherub tops the ornate brass fixture with metal leaves, the shades are made like petals in glass.

An Original...with the Dodge House is the ornate lamp mounted on the newel post of the winding staircase. Penny Chatfield, Dodge House curator, looks at the lamp with etched shade and double tier majolica base.

In Daughter's Bedroom...is another fine example of Victorian art. The hanging gas light with vaseline shades on the six arms plus opalescent glass balls worked into the main part of the light.

At right in the Art Nouveau, or guest bedroom, is this combination fixture of the 1800s. The center portion of the fixture is colored art glass with gas shades pointing upward, electric branches down.

At right is one of the finest Victorian examples and is one of a pair hanging in the parlors. The crystal chandeliers date to about 1870 and were originally purchased by William A. Maurer of Omaha Crockery Co.

At right, the center fixture in the third floor ballroom is described as of excellent quality but poor design. The massive fixture is a combination gas-electric with stained glass center shade. This came from an old home in Lincoln, Neb.

Restored...to its rightful place in the hallway at the Dodge House, the brass candlier [sic] gleams with reflected light.

Brass Trimmed Wood Box . . . originally from the General Dodge House, will be returned "home" as a gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Lougee. John Schoentgen, of Pasadena, Calif., a nephew of Mrs. Lougee, looks at the fine chest.

Brass Trimmed Wood Box...originally from the General Dodge House, will be returned "home" as a gift of the late Mr. and Mrs. E H. Lougee, John Schoentgen, of Pasadena, Califl., a nephew of Mrs. Lougee, looks at the fine chest. November 8, 1970

Adding a little extra to the memorabilia at the Historic Gen. Dodge House during December are some of the wedding gifts to Lettie Dodge Montgomery who was married 100 years ago on Nov. 25. Showing a silver tea service presented Mrs. Montgomery for…

Adding a little extra to the memorabilia at the Historic Gen. Dodge House during December are some of the wedding to Lettie Dodge Montgomery who was married 100 years ago on Nov. 25.
Showing a silver tea service presented Mrs. Montgomery for her…
Output Formats

atom, csv, dc-rdf, dcmes-xml, json, omeka-xml, rss2